Market Week

Wall Street saw a third straight week of losses as rising oil prices sparked inflation fears.

Stocks ended last week sharply lower, impacted by renewed inflation and geopolitical events.

The last week of the month proved to be a tough one for Wall Street. Each of the benchmark indexes listed here closed the week lower, impacted by stubborn inflation and a cooling of major tech and AI stocks.

U.S. equities spent most of last week trending lower, ultimately rebounding in a major way last Friday to close the week higher.

The S&P 500 had it’s worst week since November, and the Global Dow was the only major market index that didn’t end up in the red.

Last week was defined by volatility as stocks whipsawed between deep, tech-led losses and a late-week rally.

Equities ended the week mostly lower as investors parsed through a heavy slate of fourth-quarter earnings data, economic reports, high valuations, and the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain interest rates at their current levels.

Last week was marked by volatility as investors moved cautiously ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

The U.S. stock market endured quite a bit of volatility last week.

The stock market was largely driven by mixed labor data and optimism over a possible interest rate cut following the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week.